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Detectives have arrested a man in connection with seven distraction burglaries in the Cambridge area.

The man, aged 47 and from Cambridge, was arrested in the city yesterday afternoon (May 17) and remains in custody at Parkside police station today (May 18).

The arrest comes after city police urged residents to be vigilant and look out for elderly neighbours following a spate of distraction burglaries which involved criminals posing as either police officers or Neighbourhood Watch members.

The latest incidents happened on May 15 in St Anthony's Walk, behind Trumpington Road, and Monkswell in Trumpington.

The incidents, which are believed to be linked, are also thought to be connected to several others that happened on Saturday (May 13) in Emery Street and Russell Court, in New Street on May 14 and around 6am on Monday (May 15) in James Street.